Sine_Qua_Non
Sine_Qua_Non SuperDork
12/22/20 11:31 a.m.


 

Always wanted one growing up. Now as an adult, not so much since I never liked them (vans that is). 

https://worldwideauctioneers.com/a-team-van/

1 of 6 original vans used on the show. 
90k miles on it

 

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/22/20 11:38 a.m.

That looks like a promo van not a van used for filming.  Get one that was used for filming and that is worth something.  That is just a clone made by the studio (one of 6) per the add.

 

Also the colors don't look correct.  Maybe the lighting but I thought that the gray upper was darker.

Yes I was a huge A-Team Fan as a kid!!!  :-) 

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/22/20 11:42 a.m.

 

Versus

 

 

 

Also what is with the stripe being yellow in one photo and orange in the other.  I think there has been a tone of photo "processing" done to these photos.

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/22/20 11:47 a.m.

Interesting to note that in this photo there are no fog light on the roof.  All the other photos of the van in the TV series it has the fog lights.  

I wonder how many vans they had for filming.

jimbob_racing
jimbob_racing Dork
12/22/20 11:49 a.m.

I'd totally buy this despite it never being on the show.  It's a great looking replica and I'd drive it everywhere. 

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/22/20 11:51 a.m.

Oh so would I!!!!  In fact because it was not actually on the show you could drive it like you stole it with out worry

Donebrokeit
Donebrokeit UltraDork
12/22/20 12:12 p.m.

berkeleyyea!

 

 

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
12/22/20 12:20 p.m.
dean1484 said:

Oh so would I!!!!  In fact because it was not actually on the show you could drive it like you stole it with out worry

Rig it so it plays the theme every time a door opens. No. No, I would never get tired of it. Ever.

akylekoz
akylekoz SuperDork
12/22/20 12:21 p.m.

Dun Ta Da Dun, Dun, Dun,Dun.

My brother drove one of those thru High School, used to do A Team stunt stuff in it until an axle snapped off.   Really, the whole thing, axle shaft and backing plate snapped right off the Alcoa GM rims didn't even get bent.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
12/22/20 12:37 p.m.

In reply to Donebrokeit :

Yep. I'll take it. Marke it as sold.

Rodan
Rodan Dork
12/22/20 12:56 p.m.

"Officially Licensed" and used for promotion... not screen used.  And is it just me, or is the wheelbase longer on the replica?

Still pretty cool... and no reserve...

Love the .30cal in the back, though it'd be more useful for traffic around here if it was front mounted...devil

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/22/20 2:14 p.m.

"Hi, we're fugitives who operate in the shadows, but let's drive this eye-catching van with an orange stripe."

j_tso
j_tso Reader
12/22/20 4:17 p.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens :

That's because they're crazy suckas.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
12/22/20 4:21 p.m.
David S. Wallens said:

"Hi, we're fugitives who operate in the shadows, but let's drive this eye-catching van with an orange stripe."

See also Starsky & Hutch.

 

I love it when a van comes together.

jimbob_racing
jimbob_racing Dork
12/22/20 5:34 p.m.
Appleseed said:
dean1484 said:

Oh so would I!!!!  In fact because it was not actually on the show you could drive it like you stole it with out worry

Rig it so it plays the theme every time a door opens. No. No, I would never get tired of it. Ever.

Nope. The theme should play when you hit the horn.

irish44j (Forum Supporter)
irish44j (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
12/22/20 7:50 p.m.
dean1484 said:

That looks like a promo van not a van used for filming.  Get one that was used for filming and that is worth something.  That is just a clone made by the studio (one of 6) per the add.

 

Also the colors don't look correct.  Maybe the lighting but I thought that the gray upper was darker.

Yes I was a huge A-Team Fan as a kid!!!  :-) 

for all the years of watching A-Team, I'm not sure I ever even realized the top section was gray like that. I always remembered it just being all-black with the red stripe. Maybe I just had a really crappy TV when I was a kid lol. 

drock25too
drock25too GRM+ Memberand Reader
12/22/20 9:37 p.m.
Rodan said:

"Love the .30cal in the back, though it'd be more useful for traffic around here if it was front mounted...devil

One of my son's friends has a 57 chevy beater that he took the chrome bullets off the hood and mounted .50cal barrels on. Gets a lot of attention. 

03Panther
03Panther SuperDork
12/22/20 9:40 p.m.
irish44j (Forum Supporter) said:
dean1484 said:

That looks like a promo van not a van used for filming.  Get one that was used for filming and that is worth something.  That is just a clone made by the studio (one of 6) per the add.

 

Also the colors don't look correct.  Maybe the lighting but I thought that the gray upper was darker.

Yes I was a huge A-Team Fan as a kid!!!  :-) 

for all the years of watching A-Team, I'm not sure I ever even realized the top section was gray like that. I always remembered it just being all-black with the red stripe. Maybe I just had a really crappy TV when I was a kid lol. 

That was my memory as well, but I watched it over rabbit ears! Might have been some tin foil involved...

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/22/20 10:50 p.m.

I'll bet the stripes on the van in the show were orange, because that shows up red on camera. The stripes on my Miata are like that. And then the auction company tried to "correct" the pictures. 

I thought it was all black as well, but I was more of a Dukes and Knight Rider fan back in the day. 

bigdaddylee82
bigdaddylee82 UberDork
12/22/20 11:36 p.m.

I'm a little disappointed at the lack of a nickel plated Mini-14 included with this auction.

 

Rodan
Rodan Dork
12/23/20 12:02 a.m.

In reply to bigdaddylee82 :

IIRC the show used stainless steel Ruger AC556s, the select fire version of the Mini-14.  Ruger was trying to break into the LE and military markets in the early 80s, but it never really took.

What always amazed me was with all the ammo expended in every episode, no-one ever really got hit... except for the occasional 'flesh wound'. cheeky

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